Vanzosaura

Vanzosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Vanzosaura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Vanzosaura
Rodrigues, 1991

Etymology

The generic name, Vanzosaura, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.[1]

Species

The genus Vanzosaura contains three accepted species.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Vanzosaura.

References

  1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vanzosaura, p. 273).
  2. Genus Vanzosaura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.



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